โ37 Cory's Shearwater off Lundy today. Only 2 previous records, both single birds in 2011 & 2023. Also, Great Egret (4th island record) & Ortolan Bunting ๐ท Best of the rest, 3 Black Redstart new-in, 6 Ring Ouzel & biggest Chaffinch movement (773) so far this autumn @BirdGuides
๐จ We're currently advertising for a residential Bird Obs volunteer to join our team in late autumn. Dates are flexible and may be extended for the right candidate. The role will centre around conducting the daily census recording and migration ringing ๐ชถ
๐จ We've just re-opened two residential volunteer positions for the 2024 sailing season! Both fantastic opportunities for budding conservationists with an interest in practical wildlife/estate management or Bird Obs studies at one of the nation's top migration hotspots ๐ช๐ชถ
Calling all Lundy visitors ๐ We record all the daily sightings at 8PM every evening. So if you're keen to know what's about, or have records to report yourself, feel free to join. Everyone welcome & we hope to see you there!
Thanks to Lucy, aged 10, for help drawing our logo ๐
Latest offerings from the Lundy Bird Observatory website now online. This stunning drake Green-winged Teal ๐ท becomes only the second island record! Catch up on all our latest nocturnal surveys and first stirrings of spring ๐
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๐จ More exciting news today - we're delighted to announce the launch of our brand new Lundy Bird Observatory website! Keep up with the latest island news, explore the various projects we run and check out our new calendar for visiting bird ringing groups!
There are now more seabirds nesting on Lundy than at any time since the thirties ๐ Click here to listen to Joe Parker, the Lundy Bird Observatory warden, talk about why wildlife there is now thriving โก https://t.co/OZLFBR2cQ6
Of interest to Dorset, not just because of the Puffin success but also as @jsparker_ worked for Birds of Poole Harbour and was active Dorset birder before moving to Lundy this year.
What a time to be off island! ๐ฌ Top effort from Bird Obs Assistant @LukeMarriner17 and Co trapping the Millcombe Waxwing this morning while I'm away. Brambling also ringied on the same net round. Photo ยฉ L Marriner
A smattering of late migrants logged across the island today. Common Whitethroat among the 134 birds ringed in Millcombe this morning, a smart male Redstart ๐ท (A Jayne) around Stoneycroft at 1355 and a Pied Flycatcher on the terrace at midday (P Morton) @BirdGuides
@NarwhalSh@ianballam@harbourbirds A Poole Harbour skipper once told me their 'rule of thumb' for barometric pressure influence was to allow 1 cm difference for every millibar +/- 1013 hPa
It's been another bumper week on Lundy! Catch up on all the news with our latest sightings blog complied by our Bird Obs Assistant @angus_croudace. ๐ท Merlin ยฉ Richard Campey
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Common Redshank becomes the latest addition to the island's ringing species list on Monday night. Plus, first Woodcock of the season ringed during a nocturnal survey yesterday